Cultural Events

Dr. Seth
Killen will present a lecture representing his research and scholarship. His work is a recording called “Phinneas
McBoof Crashes the Symphony,” a large-scale musical that introduces children to
the symphony orchestra. In this
recording, Dr. Killen voiced the character of Jose’ the Ferret.

Join us for
“Love and Other Youthful Exploits: a voice recital”. Performed by soprano Serena Hill-LaRoche and
pianist Catherine Garner. This
delightful program includes vocal and piano setting of Hamlet’s “Ophelia Songs”
by Richard Strauss, Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Four Madrigals of Love”; and a Richard
Pearson Thomas setting of six. Also
featured will be Emily Dickinson poems including “At last to be identified” and
“I never saw a Moor”. Also included in the line of Poetry will be Francis
Poulenc’s seven settings; poems by Mauice Care’me; and two poems of Gabriele
D’Annunzio set by Ildebrando Pizzetti.

This concert will
feature several works written for wind band. The program will open with Toccata
Marziale by the famous 20th century English composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams. This piece will be followed by Celebrations
composed by John Zdechlik. This program will conclude with Dance
Movements by Philip Sparke.

When we think of great composers
we often think of “the three B’s” Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. Tonight
however, the NGU symphony will perform works by two of these composers with
another great whose name also begins with B, Bizet. The program will
begin with Bizet’s L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2, from his opera L’Arlesiana,
(The Girl from Arles) and which concludes with the famous Farandole.
Next is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, described by Robert Schumann
as “a slender Grecian maiden between two Nordic giants,” referring to Beethoven’s
third and fifth symphonies. The program will conclude with one of
classical music’s all-time favorites, Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5, a
work originally for piano but set for orchestra by Martin Schmeling.

The
North Greenville University Concert Choir will present the music from their
recent tour of North and South Carolina. The music on the first portion
of the program represent selections from the celebration of the 500th
anniversary of the Reformation. The music on the second portion of the
program presents the Holy Week themes of sacrifice, crucifixion, and
resurrection.

Tu 3/20 7:00
pm Race and the promise of the Gospel: Why Racial Reconciliation and Diversity in our Congregations is a Gospel Mandate - College of Christian Studies Lectureship in Theology and Culture

Dr. John
Mark Yeats serves as both the undergraduate dean and an associate professor of
church history at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and College. He earned his Ph.D. in Church History from
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and also holds degrees from Southern
Seminary, Oxford University, and Criswell College.

Join NGU’s
Associate Professor of Percussion, Christopher Davis, as he presents a solo
recital titled, “Electro-Acoustic Percussion.” This concert will feature percussion
works accompanied by various electronic sounds and means of production. You will surely enjoy the aesthetically
pleasing mix of acoustic percussion instruments with amplified electronics.

Sun 3/25
7:00 pm, Saviour: The Story of God's Passion for His People. A modern oratorio by Greg Nelson and Bob Farrell, Fairview Baptist Church 1300 Locust Hill Rd. Greer (Tickets
available now in SOT Box Office)

The Cline School of Music at North
Greenville University will be presenting Saviour,
a modern oratorio, as part of the 125th Anniversary celebration. An
oratorio with a powerful setting that tells the story of God’s passion for His
people from creation through the resurrection. The choir will be a collaboration
of the NGU Concert Choir, alumni, and area church choirs. Soloists: Bill Blount, Justin
Garrett, Mark Eshenbaugh, Caleb Ruppe and Stephanie White Osorio. Barry Combs, concert choir director, Michael Weaver, orchestra director, and Cheryl Greene, production manager.

Mon 3/26 7:00
pm Percussion Ensemble, Hamlin Recital Hall (Tickets available now in SOT Box
Office)“An Eclecctic Evening” is a collection of percussion music that will
include the sounds of Punk-Rock, the bell-tolling sounds of a triangle sextet,
mesmerizing-entwined keyboard melodies, a tambourine duel, and the sounds of
Africa. Please join the NGU Percussion Ensemble and African Percussion Ensemble
as we present featuring works by Josh Gottry, Stephen Primatic, Matt Savage,
Ivan Trevino, and Drew Worden.

This popular Disney musical will transport you from “this provincial
town” to see Belle’s adventure to a strange, but intriguing castle,
where she meets a cursed Beast. But even in his brusque behavior
“perhaps there’s something there that wasn’t there before…” “Be our
guest” to a fantastic evening of magic and music! Directed by Amy Dunlap.

This popular Disney musical will transport you from “this provincial
town” to see Belle’s adventure to a strange, but intriguing castle,
where she meets a cursed Beast. But even in his brusque behavior
“perhaps there’s something there that wasn’t there before…” “Be our
guest” to a fantastic evening of magic and music! Directed by Amy Dunlap.

This evening the NGU String
Ensemble will perform two works from the standard repertoire for strings,
Gustav Holst’s Brook Green Suite and Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite.
Holst wrote his suite for his students at St. Paul’s Girls’ School in 1933
desiring to provide them with a piece in a contemporary mature style that was
not a “watered down” version of a classic. Grieg composed his suite in
1884 for the bicentennial celebration of Danish author Ludwig Holberg’s
birth who was a contemporary of J.S. Bach. Both works are readily
accessible by the average audience and are performed regularly.